It was about 4pm.. I was sorting some papers and was in my thoughts to finish sorting as early as possible! My mobile rang.. it was aai (mother)... "Ha aai bol..." (yeah mother tell me) " "tujha result laaglay Geetechya parikshecha...." (Your Geeta Exam result is with me) she said. I took a deep breath... so many things came in mind.. what will be the result? will it be with flying colours or will it be just pass class? I had appeared for Bhagwad geeta exam. May be after about 14 years I appeared for an exam. I was tense.. I was scared... butterflies in my tummy... "tu pass jhaalis" (you have passed the exam...)... just pass? I felt bad.. felt I needed to take extra efforts... felt awwww I cudnt do it!.. "fakt paas naahis... tu dusari aaliyes parikshet!" (Not just passed... you scored second rank in exam) Aai was overjoyed so was me! I had scored 88 marks out of 100 and the Topper had scored 90! I missed rank by a 2 marks.. but anyway..
Y'day I received cash price and certificate for the same. Felt so nice... to receive price... Will upload photo soon! :)
09 December 2011
19 October 2011
धर्म संग्राम आणि संग्रामाचा धर्म
गीतेच्या पहिल्याच अध्यायात म्हणजे अर्जुनविषाद योग या अध्यायात श्रीकृष्णाने अर्जुनाला धर्म संग्राम आणि संग्रामाचा धर्म हे दोन्ही समजावून सांगतात.
तसं पाहिलं तर धर्म आणि संग्राम हे दोन्ही परस्पर विरोधी शब्द. पण जेव्हा एकत्र केले तेंव्हा त्यातून दोन सुचक शब्द तयार होतात. एक म्हणजे धर्म संग्राम आणि दुसरा संग्रामाचा धर्म. खरं तर धर्म बुद्धी संग्राम करते. धर्म म्हणजे, "धमा धारयते प्रजाः", समाजाचे धारण करतो तो धर्म. धर्म बुद्धी लोकहित आणि समाजहित पाहते. जे काही चांगले दिसले, किंवा मिळाले की ते समाजाला द्यावे असे वाटणे ही धर्म बुद्धी. समाजहिताच्या विचाराला धर्म म्हणायचे. नवा विचार पटकन स्विकारला जात नाही. तो गळी उतरवण्यासाठी, लोकांनी स्विकारण्यासाठी संघर्ष करावा लागतो. हा संघर्ष, हा संग्राम म्हणजे "धर्म संग्राम". धर्म संग्रामासाठी अनेक लोकांनी हाल सोसले, छळ सहन केला. "वरं जनहितं ध्येयम्, न केवला जनस्तुतिः" असं सावरकरांनी म्हटलेच आहे. लोकहित हे श्रेष्ठ ध्येय आहे. ती केवळ जनस्तुती नाही. लोकहिताचे प्रतिनिधित्व करणे हे जेवढे खरे तेवढेच प्रसंगी लोकमताला डावलून लोकहित साधणेही खोटे नाही.
एखादा "द्रष्टा" नेता जेंव्हा एखादा निर्णय घेतो तेंव्हा अनेक वेळा त्याला जनक्षोभाला सामोरे जावेच लागते. सावरकर, ज्ञानेश्वर, महात्मा फुले, अंबेडकर अशा अनेकांना तत्कालीन जनक्षोभाला सामोरे जावे लागले, जनक्षोभ सहन करावा लागला. पण या सर्वांनी धर्म संग्राम केला, किंबहुना निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम केला.
अर्थात दरच वेळी निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम शक्य असतो असं नाही. काही वेळा निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम अशक्य ठरतो. अविचारी, चूक, घातक विचार एकत्र एक संघ उभे राहतात. त्यांचे विचार समाजावर जबरदस्ती लादले जातात. त्यावेळी निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम केवळ अशक्य असतो. बुडणारा समाज व लयास जाणारी संस्कृती वाचवण्यासाठी सशस्त्र प्रतिकार, सशस्त्र संग्राम अपरिहार्य ठरतो. श्रेष्ठ जीवनमुल्ये समाजात टिकविण्यासाठी, वाईट व भयानक तत्वज्ञानाला प्रखर विरोध करून संपविण्यासाठी अहिंसेचे पालन करणे अवघड ठरते. श्रेष्ठ जीवनमुल्ये व संस्कृती टिकविण्यासाठी समाजातील सज्जनांचे रक्षण व दुष्टांचे निर्मुलन हे धर्म संग्रामाचे उद्दीष्ट!
हाच धर्म संग्राम आणि हा़च संग्रामाचा धर्म
तसं पाहिलं तर धर्म आणि संग्राम हे दोन्ही परस्पर विरोधी शब्द. पण जेव्हा एकत्र केले तेंव्हा त्यातून दोन सुचक शब्द तयार होतात. एक म्हणजे धर्म संग्राम आणि दुसरा संग्रामाचा धर्म. खरं तर धर्म बुद्धी संग्राम करते. धर्म म्हणजे, "धमा धारयते प्रजाः", समाजाचे धारण करतो तो धर्म. धर्म बुद्धी लोकहित आणि समाजहित पाहते. जे काही चांगले दिसले, किंवा मिळाले की ते समाजाला द्यावे असे वाटणे ही धर्म बुद्धी. समाजहिताच्या विचाराला धर्म म्हणायचे. नवा विचार पटकन स्विकारला जात नाही. तो गळी उतरवण्यासाठी, लोकांनी स्विकारण्यासाठी संघर्ष करावा लागतो. हा संघर्ष, हा संग्राम म्हणजे "धर्म संग्राम". धर्म संग्रामासाठी अनेक लोकांनी हाल सोसले, छळ सहन केला. "वरं जनहितं ध्येयम्, न केवला जनस्तुतिः" असं सावरकरांनी म्हटलेच आहे. लोकहित हे श्रेष्ठ ध्येय आहे. ती केवळ जनस्तुती नाही. लोकहिताचे प्रतिनिधित्व करणे हे जेवढे खरे तेवढेच प्रसंगी लोकमताला डावलून लोकहित साधणेही खोटे नाही.
एखादा "द्रष्टा" नेता जेंव्हा एखादा निर्णय घेतो तेंव्हा अनेक वेळा त्याला जनक्षोभाला सामोरे जावेच लागते. सावरकर, ज्ञानेश्वर, महात्मा फुले, अंबेडकर अशा अनेकांना तत्कालीन जनक्षोभाला सामोरे जावे लागले, जनक्षोभ सहन करावा लागला. पण या सर्वांनी धर्म संग्राम केला, किंबहुना निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम केला.
अर्थात दरच वेळी निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम शक्य असतो असं नाही. काही वेळा निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम अशक्य ठरतो. अविचारी, चूक, घातक विचार एकत्र एक संघ उभे राहतात. त्यांचे विचार समाजावर जबरदस्ती लादले जातात. त्यावेळी निःशस्त्र धर्म संग्राम केवळ अशक्य असतो. बुडणारा समाज व लयास जाणारी संस्कृती वाचवण्यासाठी सशस्त्र प्रतिकार, सशस्त्र संग्राम अपरिहार्य ठरतो. श्रेष्ठ जीवनमुल्ये समाजात टिकविण्यासाठी, वाईट व भयानक तत्वज्ञानाला प्रखर विरोध करून संपविण्यासाठी अहिंसेचे पालन करणे अवघड ठरते. श्रेष्ठ जीवनमुल्ये व संस्कृती टिकविण्यासाठी समाजातील सज्जनांचे रक्षण व दुष्टांचे निर्मुलन हे धर्म संग्रामाचे उद्दीष्ट!
हाच धर्म संग्राम आणि हा़च संग्रामाचा धर्म
कमींग सून :))
कित्ती दिवसांनी बराहा सुरू झालं आणि मग मला आता मराठीत लिहायला मिळालं. काही पोस्ट्स होत्या ज्या मराठीत लिहायच्या होत्या. पण बराहा नसल्यानं ते जमत नव्हतं. दुसरे सॉफ्टवेअर्स आहेत. पण डाउनलोडची वेळ आली की एक तर माझी तरी चूक होत असावी किंवा ते डाउनलोड होतच नसावं. असो.. आता नवीन पोस्ट्स मराठीत लवकरच... किती बरं वाटतं आपल्या भाषेत लिहिताना.
24 September 2011
I am there for you......
It was around 1.30 - 1.45 in afternoon. Cellphone rang.. "Hello" "I am Tanmay's class teacher. Tanmay has fever and also has vomited. Can you arrange for his pick up within next 30 - 40 mins?" When his class teacher declared the time to pick up I thought it was really matter to think of. First call went to Gopal. "can u pick him?" "I came on cycle today... I will grab friends bike and pick him you dont worry." "you will be traveling on highway. it will be windy." "What to do now?" "ok.. give me some time I will arrange for something.." "Radha...." the only word I uttered... "I will call back you in some time.." I told Gopal and kept phone down. Next moment was call to Radha.. "What are u doing?" "Nothing spl yaar.. Anushree got fever so she is at home." With a little hesitation I asked, "got a call from Tanmay's school. He has fever and also vomited, I need your help." "Dont bother. I will b down in 5 mins." Before I could lock door and get down the first floor, she was there with her car. It was not even 5 mins when she reached me. We brought tanmay back home. he was tired and fever was there. Radha herself went to medical shop, brought medicins. dropped me home and she went back. it was about 1 hr travel from home - school - home..
When you offer a help to someone its really effortless. You dont feel anything troublesome in it or you dont feel tiresome. but when someone needs your help and when he / she gets it within time, it feels more like God running down your way saying "I am there for you... " Thanks for being there when I needed you much!
Sonal
When you offer a help to someone its really effortless. You dont feel anything troublesome in it or you dont feel tiresome. but when someone needs your help and when he / she gets it within time, it feels more like God running down your way saying "I am there for you... " Thanks for being there when I needed you much!
Sonal
31 July 2011
come to the point! :))
A couple of days ago I came across an article in Marathi News paper Lokmat. here is the link to that article.
http://onlinenews1.lokmat.com/php/detailednews.php?id=SakhiEdition-53-1-28-07-2011-32e8e&ndate=2011-07-28&editionname=sakhi
The article is in Marathi and is a narration of small incident, usually happening in our day to day life. The husband in the article is at home because of a holiday. Wife tells him that she has to go to friends home so she will be back in about 2 hrs. But she comes home early. Husband surprisingly asks her why she came early.. and she starts telling every bit since she stepped out of home. Looking at husband still watching TV, she gets irritated and husband replies that she should talk to the point and not to narrate the whole uninteresting story. She simply replies, "I got cramp in leg while walking." And she keeps quiet. After silence of about a min, husband switches off TV, turns to her, asks her many questions, whose answers she was about to narrate in the story!!! :))
Moral given in article was," If woman wants to chit chat with husband, She should answer her questions in one line.!! :))"
How true it is.....
http://onlinenews1.lokmat.com/php/detailednews.php?id=SakhiEdition-53-1-28-07-2011-32e8e&ndate=2011-07-28&editionname=sakhi
The article is in Marathi and is a narration of small incident, usually happening in our day to day life. The husband in the article is at home because of a holiday. Wife tells him that she has to go to friends home so she will be back in about 2 hrs. But she comes home early. Husband surprisingly asks her why she came early.. and she starts telling every bit since she stepped out of home. Looking at husband still watching TV, she gets irritated and husband replies that she should talk to the point and not to narrate the whole uninteresting story. She simply replies, "I got cramp in leg while walking." And she keeps quiet. After silence of about a min, husband switches off TV, turns to her, asks her many questions, whose answers she was about to narrate in the story!!! :))
Moral given in article was," If woman wants to chit chat with husband, She should answer her questions in one line.!! :))"
How true it is.....
19 June 2011
Surprise call
Its been so many days... may b months... or even years.... +44xxxx Number flashed on my mobile and I was surprised.. who is calling from chennai??? then I got a second thought its not +9144... its +44 so must be international call.. who is going to place a call from UK?? Who this must be???? with this thought I recieved call.... "Hey hello ga... Sunita bolat aahe..." ( Hey hi.. this is Sunita") And I was surprised... "Hey what a pleasent surprise..."
Sunita... my friend during engineering... very talkative... happy go lucky.. active and supportive... about 10 years after the degree, we saw each other out side the park in London.. I had a thought I know this face.. but I cudnt recall her. A few days later, we again crossed each other, this time on the road returning home.. "U were in MGM college rite?" She asked... "I m sunita.." She reintroduced herself mentioning I took her intro during degree... :)) with a smile on face, we returned home. Since then there were frequent visits to each others places and we shared a nice time.
Some 8 - 10 months later, we came back to India. When I told her about our return journey to India, she was the first person to give the helping hand in packing and cleaning.. She was the only one who called up saying I am there with u.. dont worry about packing. She came early in the morning and was there till I said bye to her. She had tears in her eyes.. She said, She will feel lonely and She will miss me all the way. :-) She made me feel special.. it was not for the first time she made me feel special. It was all occasions, and all time tht I spent with her when she made me feel special.
I spent nice time with her. I learnt so many things,, right from making samosa, kachori, jilebi.. up to concentrating in studies!!! She is a personality with determination.. always cheered up.. never gets depressed... finds happiness in all things and is always ready to accept and face challeneges.
:-) It will be nice spending time with Sunita again. She is to come back India after couple of months. Welcome home Sunita!!! Waiting for u to come back and have tht jhakaas time again together.. Hope we will Rock pune too!!! Like we rocked Ilford :))
Sunita... my friend during engineering... very talkative... happy go lucky.. active and supportive... about 10 years after the degree, we saw each other out side the park in London.. I had a thought I know this face.. but I cudnt recall her. A few days later, we again crossed each other, this time on the road returning home.. "U were in MGM college rite?" She asked... "I m sunita.." She reintroduced herself mentioning I took her intro during degree... :)) with a smile on face, we returned home. Since then there were frequent visits to each others places and we shared a nice time.
Some 8 - 10 months later, we came back to India. When I told her about our return journey to India, she was the first person to give the helping hand in packing and cleaning.. She was the only one who called up saying I am there with u.. dont worry about packing. She came early in the morning and was there till I said bye to her. She had tears in her eyes.. She said, She will feel lonely and She will miss me all the way. :-) She made me feel special.. it was not for the first time she made me feel special. It was all occasions, and all time tht I spent with her when she made me feel special.
I spent nice time with her. I learnt so many things,, right from making samosa, kachori, jilebi.. up to concentrating in studies!!! She is a personality with determination.. always cheered up.. never gets depressed... finds happiness in all things and is always ready to accept and face challeneges.
:-) It will be nice spending time with Sunita again. She is to come back India after couple of months. Welcome home Sunita!!! Waiting for u to come back and have tht jhakaas time again together.. Hope we will Rock pune too!!! Like we rocked Ilford :))
31 May 2011
30 May 2011
Pot Painting
Tanmay's first pot painting. He enjoyed every bit of painting this pot right from chosing the pot, colours, arranging room, drying the pot and taking photograph!! Well done Tanmay!!
27 April 2011
in past so many days
Rarely I get time to peep into past and recall memories. Surprisingly I got some time today. Everyone is sleeping. I am watching one sided T-20 match between Kochi and Deccan Chargers. While wickets were falling like free flow salt, I thought of checkig my blogger account. Some updates were there to which I commented. Went through comments on my posts. and then posted a post. I was about to keep things aside but then thought to list out what I havent done in past many many days.
The first thing came in mind was songsssss... There was a time when I used to lisn songs every min.. may it be my 90 mins cassette of classical songs, or may it be playlist in iPod. Its been days n months since I last enjoyed them.
Later thing was watching a match without disturbance. Tanmay is a big questionnaire for me. Why this, How is that, What makes this happen... many many many questions emerge out of his mind and I battle with them. :-)
Then was reading a book. Last non mythological book I read was in yr 2001 :)). I felt pity on myself. May b I am not able to manage the time. may be I have became little lazier than before Or may be this is another phase of life where I need to pay attention towards things other than my favs.
Ice-creammmmssssss...... Gosh I love them! havent enjoyed ice-cream for a long time! whatever may be the reason.. I like to enjoy icecream with a company. at times it happens that one of us has to finish it early and wrap up the enjoyment.
I knw its a phase of life. And old days are gonna come back again. Thats why I am waiting for those days to come back in life.
~ Sonal.
The first thing came in mind was songsssss... There was a time when I used to lisn songs every min.. may it be my 90 mins cassette of classical songs, or may it be playlist in iPod. Its been days n months since I last enjoyed them.
Later thing was watching a match without disturbance. Tanmay is a big questionnaire for me. Why this, How is that, What makes this happen... many many many questions emerge out of his mind and I battle with them. :-)
Then was reading a book. Last non mythological book I read was in yr 2001 :)). I felt pity on myself. May b I am not able to manage the time. may be I have became little lazier than before Or may be this is another phase of life where I need to pay attention towards things other than my favs.
Ice-creammmmssssss...... Gosh I love them! havent enjoyed ice-cream for a long time! whatever may be the reason.. I like to enjoy icecream with a company. at times it happens that one of us has to finish it early and wrap up the enjoyment.
I knw its a phase of life. And old days are gonna come back again. Thats why I am waiting for those days to come back in life.
~ Sonal.
Now days...
Day begins at around 7.30 AM now days since Tanmay's exams are over. Tanmay's Threading ceremony preps are on high. Pooja, gifts, reception, invitations and above all looking after toddling Rohan. Ah Rohan.. He is standing up now. Stands for about 10 - 20 seconds without support. Tanmay is enjoying this phase. Sometimes I feel gud that Tanmay is grown up enough to understand those changes in Rohan. He enjoys each moment. Moreover his exams are over. So he is giving his full time to younger bro. playing, talking with him, having some nice time and enjoying the fun. At times I need to saperate them both to complete some task. But still at the end of the day its a happy time.
And tanmay.. He is rocking those days. Mainly exams are over. So no restrictions on anything! watching TV, playing bayblades and racing, games, learning tricks, and swimming. He is enjoying fun filled life. Tanmay is giving me helping hand wherever its possible for him. I sometimes remember my childhood summer holidays. We used to go to Loha, my native, during summer holidays. Playing games, roaming around, having nice talks with elderly ppl and then finally coming back home and talking to parents and grand parents. Things changed slowly and we grew up. time flew away. Many things changed, couple of summer classes, couple of hobby classes and some subject revision, kids are engaged.
Tanmay is doing awesome with his swimming and Abacus skills. He scored 100% in his abacus batch. learning different swimming strokes. He is doing good with Tabla too. His sir is happy to see him playing "dir dir" and "tir tir" kaayda. I hope he continues doing gud in future too.
miving on with time. sometimes feels to peep in past and feels to compare today with y'day. but not finding time to do those things. getting busy with Rohan and Tanmay.
Sonal :-)
And tanmay.. He is rocking those days. Mainly exams are over. So no restrictions on anything! watching TV, playing bayblades and racing, games, learning tricks, and swimming. He is enjoying fun filled life. Tanmay is giving me helping hand wherever its possible for him. I sometimes remember my childhood summer holidays. We used to go to Loha, my native, during summer holidays. Playing games, roaming around, having nice talks with elderly ppl and then finally coming back home and talking to parents and grand parents. Things changed slowly and we grew up. time flew away. Many things changed, couple of summer classes, couple of hobby classes and some subject revision, kids are engaged.
Tanmay is doing awesome with his swimming and Abacus skills. He scored 100% in his abacus batch. learning different swimming strokes. He is doing good with Tabla too. His sir is happy to see him playing "dir dir" and "tir tir" kaayda. I hope he continues doing gud in future too.
miving on with time. sometimes feels to peep in past and feels to compare today with y'day. but not finding time to do those things. getting busy with Rohan and Tanmay.
Sonal :-)
24 February 2011
Blogspot is good
I created account on Twitter and Facebook today. Tried playing on those sites but it was kind of boring for me. Yeah I may be wrong or I may not be trendy. But I felt I am comfortable with blogspot rather than any other sites. I even tried rediff's iLand. but I couldnt continue with it.
Anyways.. Blogspot is the best for me.
Keep blogging.
Sonal :-)
Anyways.. Blogspot is the best for me.
Keep blogging.
Sonal :-)
19 February 2011
Gone are those days!
We had shifted to Bangalore, Whitefield. Basically shifted for short time and as per joining conditions, we were supposed to move to Singapore. We had not taken major stuff with us. Thankfully there was no TV, Neither we had taken any kind of music system with us. We just had a small radio at home. Does that feel like living in early years of 1900 century??? But we lived like that for about 8 short months. Yeah! That was a short time span of my life. We spent time together with each other. Gave ample time to Tanmay, we shared talks and some nice evening chit-chats. Since there was no TV, while having meals, we used to crack jokes and have good time. We went out for walk. We went to park with Tanmay. We used to give time to Tanmay and even each other.
Later we purchased TV, we took that tata sky's DTH connection and this golden period came to an end. We stopped going out in evening, Tanmay's play time slowly moved towards watching TV and sitting idle. There started argument for getting charge of remote control to watch movies and cartoons and songs and all.. Meal time chit chats came to an end. Evening walk ended in front of TV watching some boring and irritating movie and serials.
TV definitely is a boon... but not at the cost of family time. Entertainment must be there. Everyone needs some relaxed time but it can be achieved with family and kids too. Spending quality time with them. Sharing jokes, some childhood stories, some information, reading some book and sharing its info.... lot of things are there which can give entertainment with family life. TV has taken it all away from me. Sometimes I really feel to dump TV in some dirty corner and spend quality time together with family.
Later we purchased TV, we took that tata sky's DTH connection and this golden period came to an end. We stopped going out in evening, Tanmay's play time slowly moved towards watching TV and sitting idle. There started argument for getting charge of remote control to watch movies and cartoons and songs and all.. Meal time chit chats came to an end. Evening walk ended in front of TV watching some boring and irritating movie and serials.
TV definitely is a boon... but not at the cost of family time. Entertainment must be there. Everyone needs some relaxed time but it can be achieved with family and kids too. Spending quality time with them. Sharing jokes, some childhood stories, some information, reading some book and sharing its info.... lot of things are there which can give entertainment with family life. TV has taken it all away from me. Sometimes I really feel to dump TV in some dirty corner and spend quality time together with family.
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